July 10, 2025July 15, 2025 Have we become ungovernable? It could be a new board game called ‘Govern that!’ set in a democratic but bankrupt country facing an ever more uncertain world. Each player is Prime Minister. But who will stay in power? The players must first decide what will be their game plan. There are three choices. 1) One Nation: General health of the nation. 2) Golden Division: Government by demonization and division 3) Power for Power’s Sake: using all means necessary to keep it. Nothing else matters. The first is a generalist approach steeped in compromise but …
June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 The Gospel according to the Garden Before we go to the garden, a verse from a poem that could scarcely be less floral or Monty Don: …
May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 Are Christianity and therapy joined at the hip? So, here’s the question: ‘What is the relationship between Christianity and therapy?’ And the answer, of course, will depend on …
March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 Longing for Scarborough If I long only to live in Scarborough, then I can’t live happily in Reigate. An obsession with Scarborough, or …
February 27, 2024February 27, 2024 Chariots of fire? The film Chariots of Fire appeared in 1981. It was a British film, which cost tuppence to make, contained no …
February 19, 2024February 19, 2024 Rachel Reeves’ autocue At a recent meeting in Westminster Hall, Rachel Reeves, the Shadow Chancellor, stands up to speak. It’s an important speech, …
February 13, 2024February 13, 2024 Lent is… It is the season of Lent and we know the score. In Lent we take down the colourful hangings and …
February 6, 2024February 6, 2024 The king has cancer Is it virtuous to suffer? Some think so and they organise it themselves. They take responsibility for their own punishment, …
January 25, 2024January 25, 2024 Optimist or pessimist? Optimist or pessimist? People tend to opt for one or the other. ‘I’m a glass half-empty person,’ they say or, …
January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 Order, order! Newsletter: January 2024 Greetings again, web friend, and I’d like to write about order, if that’s OK? I’m aware it …
January 12, 2024January 12, 2024 In praise of ordinary Maybe it’s a year for being ordinary; transparently and happily ordinary; though others may be offering what appear to be …
January 2, 2024 Beginnings It is not that the past doesn’t exist; it touches our lives still, and not always kindly. The past is …
